Weed-turning attachment for plows.



T. J. BAXTER. WEED TURNING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED APRJB, 1909.

v Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

UNITED STATES EN OFFICE.

THoMAs' .J. BAXTER,

or 13032111, exas;

' WEED-TURNING ATTACHMENT r012. rLows.

Specification of Letters I 'atent. Patented NOV;

Application filed April 3, 1 909. Serial-No, 487,658. I

T '0 all whom it may concern: Be it=knownfthat I', THOMAS J. Baxrnma citizen of the United States, residing at Bobbi n, in the county of Montgomery and tate of Texas, have invented new and use ful Improvements in eed-Turning Attachments for 'Plows, of which .the following is a specification. I This'i nvention relates to new and useful improvements in weed turning attachments for plows and itrelates more particularly to a structure of'that general type, in which an angularly disposed blade is arranged to travelin the; furrow previously made by the plow, and to turn the weeds and stubble in order that they will be covered with the earth which is turned from the furrow:

.In connection with. a structure of the above general type, the invention aims 'as a jprlma-ry ob eCt to. provide a weed turning attachment which shall be self-ad usting to compensate for variations in the degree of growth of the weeds. Accordingly, the invention comprises more particularly a weedturningblade which is carried upon a pivotedarm, and sprlng means acting to forcethe arm downwardly; The blade and the arm are, however, capable of yielding auto- ;niatically under pressure, as .when an obstacle is encountered or when weedsof a ditfe'rentdegreev of growth are alongside-of the furrow. v

The invention aims as a further object to provide a device of thecharacter stated, which may be. readily attached to any wellknown standard form of plow, which shall be'simple in its structural details and inexpensive to manufacture, as Well as readily set up and dismantled.

In the accompanyingdrawings I have illustrated a preferred and advantageous embodiment-ofthe invention, the structural details ofwhi'ch will be set forth at length in the following description, while the' novel features by which the invention is dist-in-' gnished from-the prior art will be recited in.

theclaim appended at the end of the descrip'tion.

In the said drawings: Figure 1 is aperspective View illustrating the application of the attachment to a plow of standard form.- Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof, and Fig; .3 is a Vertical transverse section on the line' 3-3 of Fig. 2.

plow of standard form, which comprises a The attachment is shown as applied to a beam, as 1, from which the plow blade 2 is hung in a suitable manner, the najor portion of said beam the plow blade.

The presentattachment is assembled upon the-forwardly projecting portion of the beam 1 and comprises essentially a 'weed turning blade, as 3, an arm, as 4, which carries the blade 3 and a plate, as 5, to which the 'arm 4 is pivoted. Theplate 5 is located at one side of theforwardly projecting portion of the beam, parallel to the adjacent side face "thereof and is held-in position by suitable clam devices comprising. Slates. as 6,.which 'arelhcatedat the other Sine ofthe beam and which are connected to the plate 5 projecting in advance of by bolts, as '7. The plate 5 may thus be readily attached to and detached from the beam and byloo'sening the nuts on the ends of the bolts 7 may be readily slidanially of the beam..-

The arm 4 comprises a flat horizontallydisposed strip of. metal which terminates at its front'end in a loop, as 8. The loop 8 loosely surrounds a pivot-bolt 9 which proany desired apertures 11, in accordance with thelocation proposed for said blade.

The blade 3 isdisposed in a substantially oblique plane as, best shown in Fig. 3 and has at its outer side anangularly and downwardly turned lip as 13 and-at its inner side and at its forward end' an angular-1y and i upwardly turned lip, as 14. The angular disposition of the blade 3in connection with the particular construction thereof, that is to say, in connection with .the lips 13 and H, causes'all the stubble and weeds in advance of the landside portion of the plow blade, to be turned in such manner that. they will be covered with the earth which is turned from the furrow by said landside portion.

'- The. plate 5 has at its rear end and pro-,

jflcting from its upper edge'a laterally bent flange, as 15. ,shaped member, as 16, is secured, the mem- Below the flange 15 an L- fio ber 16 being preferably held by the rear pair of bolts 7 which connect the plate and the rear plate 6. The member 16 has fat its lower end a horizontally projecting portion, as 17, which is disposed directly below the flange and coincident therewith in a Vertical line. The flange l5 and the portion 17 are formed with a number of alining,

' openings, as 18, throughany,corresponding air of :which a bolt 19 is passed, the said oh being secured by, a nut. also passes through a slot, as 20, in the arm 4 and provides for the assemblage of an exsaid arm when the blade, 3 encounters an. 20

pansive coil spring, as 21, which surrounds said bolt and is interposed between the flange 15 andthe arm 4, normallyforcing the latter do'wiiii'ardly against the portion 1-7 but permitting of the pivotal yielding of obstacle or high weeds or stubble, The provision of a plurality of apertures l1 permits-of theblade 3 being' adjusted longitudinallyof the plow blade and the v provisionofa plurality of apertures 18 per-fmits-of the arm t being adjusted'laterally with respectto the beain l and thereby the adjustment of the blade 3 laterally with respect to the plow blade. It will be understood that the loop is of sufliciently large diameter to'haie a certain degree ofplay upon the bolt 9 ina order that this lateral 'zidjustinent of the arm 4 may be provided or. From the foregoing, it will beseen that the attachment can be appliedto'any plow of standard form by simply securing the 1 plate upon the forward portion of the bea not' such plow-and that it may be readily set up'and. removed. It will also be seen that the attachment as an entirety may be placed at'auy desired position on the beam The bolt 19' and may be adjusted axially thereof" by simply loosening the-nuts on the bolt? and without removing the attachment; 1t Wlll also be seen that the blade 3 may be set at any desired position laterally and longitudiiially With respect to the plow blade, without affecting the assemblageyof the attachment. The particular form and arrangement of the blade 3 assures of the .efiioient a'etionthereof in engaging and turning the" weeds or stubble and the. mounting of the. arm ,4 assures ofa certain degree of yielding movement thereof, under necessary condi-' tions, which yielding movement is prevented from being too free, by reason of the pro.- vision of the spring 21;

Having fully described niy intent-ion, I

claim v y In a, weedturni'ng attachment for plows,

the combination with a plow beam and a .the flanges and through the arm, and a spring bearing against the arm.

In testimony whereof-I have hereuntoset 1 nesses. 3 y

' a I THOMAS J.-BAXTER-.

Vitnesses: f J. M, Srrxson,

(it rroan SMY'rii.

.iny hand iii-presence of two subscribing Wit- 

